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Nov 19, 1922
Songwriter Mario Rigual is born in Antilla, Cuba. He and his brother, Carlos Rigual, will co-write the Johnny Rodriguez country hit, "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)"
Dec 5, 1922
Songwriter Don Robertson is born in Peking, China. His credits include: Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me I'm Falling," Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" and Eddy Arnold's "I Really Don't Want To Know"
Dec 8, 1922
Appalachian folk singer, songwriter and dulcimer player Jean Ritchie is born in Viper, Kentucky. She influences The Judds on her way to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame
Dec 20, 1922
Songwriter Geoff Mack is born in Surrey Hills, Australia. He pens the Hank Snow travelogue "I've Been Everywhere"
Dec 29, 1922
Rose Lee Maphis is born in Hagerstown, Maryland. Following her 1952 marriage to Joe Maphis, she works as half of a husband-and-wife team on Los Angeles TV. She also writes Connie Smith's "Love Is The Look You're Looking For"
Apr 8, 1923
Jimmie Osborne is born in Winchester, Kentucky. The folk singer/songwriter lands three post-War hits, the biggest coming with "The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus," written after a young girl died in a well
Jul 31, 1923
Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun is born in Istanbul, Turkey. After succeeding in other genres, the label opens a country wing in 1989, launching Tracy Lawrence, Neal McCoy and John Michael Montgomery. Ertegun also writes "Chains Of Love"
Sep 5, 1923
Songwriter Chuck Seals is born in Arkansas. A cousin of Dan Seals, he co-writes the Ray Price hit "Crazy Arms"
Sep 17, 1923
Hank Williams is born in Mount Olive, Alabama. He becomes one of country music's most influential singer/songwriters, penning "I Saw The Light" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" among his classics before dying tragically at age 29. Williams is one of three inaugural inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961
Oct 16, 1923
Pop musician and songwriter Bert Kaempfert is born in Hamburg, Germany. The author of "Strangers In The Night," "Wooden Heart" and "Danke Schoen," he also pens "Spanish Eyes," a pop hit by Al Martino that appears on country charts in 1988 as a Willie Nelson duet with Julio Iglesias
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